animal spirits
Example Sentences
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“Failing to incorporate animal spirits into the model can blind us to the real sources of trouble.”
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
Many banks on Wall Street had started 2025 talking about animal spirits in the form of increased mergers and acquisitions and capital markets activity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026
“All of these, not to mention the S&P 500’s linear rally nearing 40% from the 4/7 intraday low, have ignited corporate and investor animal spirits alike,” he says.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 13, 2025
It is a critical few months for the animal spirits in the economy to reignite.
From BBC • Jan. 31, 2025
Sharpe could not abide music; something in its vibrations agitated his animal spirits and contributed to his peevish disposition.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
